Congratulations on mastering the home row! You are now ready to learn to type the top row. You will be moving your fingers much more frequently in this lesson. Remember to always return your fingers to the home row and keep your fingers curved and pointing directly down on the keys. This will make it easier to reach the new keys you will learn in this lesson. Strike the keys with only enough force required to register a keystroke. As you encounter new keys, slow down as much as necessary to reach them with accuracy.

The y and t keys are the final 2 top row keys. You will reach these keys by moving your index fingers up and to the side. Practice extending your right index finger up and to the left to hit the y key. Then try reaching up and to the right with your left index finger for the t key.

Fantastic! You have now covered more than two thirds of the alphabet! Let's put all those letters to use and work on typing some words.

the four lads stood quietly atop the tower; pear salad is a great quirky dish; plaid dads play golf; slide the glass to your good pal; we gladly yapped for two hours; wade through the water to us; either of us will go; we used our gold goose eggs well; let us do tea for two; go forward to the other side; other ghosts will spook us; the riders had quite a lot of leg power; you see how easy it is to type the top row; a little further to go yet; i wish i had read the flyer fully; read it for us please; joe sipped jade tea jealously; kate flew her fast kite sky high;

Feel free to repeat any of the exercises in this typing lesson. When you can complete them with nearly 100% accuracy you are ready to move on to the next lesson!